On November 26 2015 I had all the illustration board cut and all of the fronts together when I went shopping and bought the padding and fabric for the backs and the DMC Perle for the cording.

First cording trial. 12 one metre lengths of #8 Perle twisted as tightly as possible gave me a 24 strand cord that is 41 cm long. (So desired length X 2.5 = starting strand length) (But I don't remember if that is what I decided to use!)

All of the ornaments were finished on November 29 2015 (89 days/16 ornaments = 5.56 days each)